Amilcar
by Miguel Eek

Spain, Portugal, France, Sweden, Cape Verde | 2025 | 87 min

Amilcar - Amilcar 3 - In Perspecte

Credits

Director: Miguel Eek

Country: Spain, Portugal, France, Sweden, Cape Verde

Year: 2025

Length: 87 min

Category: Documentary

Awards
IDFA – Envision – Best Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award, Gijon IFF – Award For Best Editing, Play-Doc
Festivals
IDFA (World Premiere), Gijon, IFF, MoMa Doc Fortnight CPH:DOX, Luxembourg City Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, New African Film Festival (AFI), Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Guadalajara IFF, Hong Kong IFF, San Francisco IFF, New York African Film Festival, DOK.FEST Munich, DOXA, Docs Barcelona, Play-Doc, Beldocs, Innsbruck IFF, Biografilm IFF, Encounters

Agronomist, poet, utopian thinker, and revolutionary… Often referred to as the African Che Guevara, Cabral led the anti-colonial movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde against Portuguese colonialism until his murder in 1973. Human rights, utopias, interracial love, ambition, war, and betrayal are the ingredients of this free portrait crafted with archival images and an imaginary diary in 16mm film. A cinematic documentary that expresses all the modernity of Cabral’s world vision.

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